#55C3CE#55C3CE

#55C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3CE
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -28.01, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 31.76, 208.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0918 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3973, 45.4143, 65.3336)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3CE #CE6055

analogous

#55CE9D #55C3CE #5586CE

triadic

#55C3CE #CE55C3 #C3CE55

tetradic

#55C3CE #9D55CE #CE6055 #86CE55

square

#55C3CE #9D55CE #CE6055 #86CE55

split-complementary

#55C3CE #CE5586 #CE9D55

monochromatic

#267A83 #33A7B2 #55C3CE #85D4DC #B4E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#55C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3CE

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3CE	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5dd',
    500: '#55c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3ce;
$custom-light: #91d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75794,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3CE

secondary

#D8ABA7

accent

#5749DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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